Hoʻomaka kahi Kulanui ʻo Purdue e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana, kaʻana like a me ke kākoʻo pololei ʻana i ka mea kūʻai aku, nā hale kōmaʻomaʻo i ka home i kahi makana National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research. ʻO ka hāʻawi SBIR, he $ 256,000, ma kahi o $ 50,000 ma ke kūlike ʻana i ke kālā mai ka Elevate Ventures e hana i ka hana noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā photomorphogenesis multispectral i nā keʻena mahi aeroponic rotary.
ʻO Heliponix LLC, hoʻokumu ʻia e nā haumāna puka ʻo Purdue Polytechnic Institute i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ʻIvan Ball lāua ʻo Scott Massey, kūʻai aku i ka GroPod Smart Garden Appliance. He hale kōmahana liʻiliʻi i loko o ka home e ulu i nā lawelawe o ka Maʻemaʻe Hana i kēlā me kēia lā mai nā Seed Pods kau inoa. Kūpono ka mea holoi holoi holoi ma lalo o kahi kīhini kīhini a ulu i nā makahiki āpau, e hāʻawi ana i nā mea kūʻai me ka letus a me nā greens ʻē aʻe hou a manuahi ʻole nā pesticide.
Ke kukui a me ka ʻenehana
Ke hana nei nā ʻōnaehana a me nā noi uila (LESA) o Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute me Heliponix e hoʻolako i nā papa hana noiʻi, multi-spectral, tunable LED modules a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho programmable pili i kūlike me ko Heliponix's rotary keʻena.
Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau modula ma luna o ka LESA Center's TIGER hortikultura noiʻi modules a e hāʻawi i ka maʻalahi o ka noiʻi e pono ai i ka Phase I e hoʻonui i ka hopena o ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana o nā LED i nā lau ulu ulu i nā lau lau lau e like me ka biomass, nā hua hua, nā mea pono a me ka pono o ka ikehu.
"Haʻaheo ʻo NSF i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻenehana o ka wā e hiki mai ana ma o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ma ʻō aku o nā hanana hoʻonui a me ke kākoʻo kālā ʻana i nā manaʻo nui loa, nā hopena ma waena o nā mākeke āpau a me nā wahi o ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenekinia," wahi a Andrea Belz, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships ma NSF. "Me ke kākoʻo o kā mākou kālā noiʻi, hiki i kekahi hoʻomaka ʻenehana hohonu a i ʻole ʻoihana liʻiliʻi ke alakaʻi i ka ʻepekema maʻamau i nā hopena kūpono e pane i nā pono nui."
Mālama palekana
ʻ saidlelo ʻo Massey, "I ke ala o ka hoʻomau o ka maʻi ahulau coronavirus e hoʻomau nei i ka mahi ʻana, a me ka hoʻomanaʻo hou ʻana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai, pono ka democratize i ka mahi ʻana e hoʻokumu i ka noho aliʻi o ka meaʻai. Mahalo nui mākou i ke kākoʻo o ka National Science Foundation, Purdue University, Elevate Ventures a me nā Hoosiers lehulehu ʻole i kākoʻo i kā mākou alualu e ulu e lilo i mahiʻai nui loa o ka honua ma o kā mākou pili pono ʻana, nā mīkini māla akamai i kapa ʻia ʻo GroPods me ka ʻole o ka ʻeka hoʻokahi. ʻāina. ”
I ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻoihana liʻiliʻi i ka hāʻawi Phase I SBIR / STTR (a hiki i $ 256,000), ua kūpono e noi no kahi hāʻawi II Phase (a i $ 1,000,000). Hiki i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi me nā hāʻawi Tahua II ke loaʻa a $ 500,000 i nā kālā like like me ke kuleana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao ʻekolu.
ʻO nā hoʻomaka a i ʻole nā mea kālepa i hoʻouna i kahi pitch papahana ʻekolu ʻaoʻao e ʻike i loko o ʻekolu mau pule inā kū lākou i nā pahuhopu o ke papahana e kākoʻo i nā ʻenehana hou e hōʻike nei i ka hoʻohiki o ka hopena kalepa a me / a i ʻole ka lehulehu a hoʻokomo i kahi pae o ka ʻenehana pilikia. Paipai ʻia nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi me nā ʻepekema hou a me nā ʻenehana ʻenehana. Waiho ʻia nā manaʻo āpau i ka papahana NSF SBIR / STTR, i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻAmelika Seed Fund e mana ʻia e NSF, e hana i kahi kaʻina loiloi koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi kūpono. E aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i kā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAno e NSF, e kipa aku iā www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
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